Bursaphelenchus taedae sp. n. (Tylenchina: Aphelenchoididae) – a new species of the eggersi-group in Loblolly pine logs from the USA

Abstract

Summary Bursaphelenchus taedae sp. n. of the eggersi-group was detected in loblolly pine logs from the USA together with B. antoniae. It is characterised by a relatively small stylet with basal swellings, a lateral field with three lines, and the excretory pore located at the level of the nerve ring. The female has a very small extension of the anterior vulval lip over the vulva (= a ‘vulval flap’), a long PUS extending for 40.1-67.8% of vulva to anus distance, and hook-like tail conical, gradually tapering to a finely rounded or broadly rounded terminus. The male spicules are 17-22 μm long in chord, only slightly ventrally curved, condylus short, truncate, slightly dorsally bent to dorsally hooked, rostrum ca 3-4 μm long, close to the proximal spicule end, without cucullus. Seven genital papillae present. Bursaphelenchus taedae sp. n. can be distinguished from other species of the eggersi-group by morphological and molecular characters.